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1981–1986	1986–1990	1990–1993	1993–1995	1995–1998


1998–2003	2003–2006	2006–2024	2024–present

1981–1986

SVG NEEDED

Originally signed on the air as WLFL-TV (standing for "We're Light For Living") at 2pm on December 18, 1981, the Triangle's first full-market independent station outlet on UHF channel 22. It was first owned by Family Television, who would later sell the station to the Norfolk, Virginia-based TVX Broadcast Group in 1985. It became one of the original charter Fox affiliates on October 9, 1986.

1986–1993

1986–1990

1990–1993

SVG NEEDED

Paramount Pictures purchased a stake in TVX in two phases from 1989 to 1991, which would later become the Paramount Stations Group. The "-TV" suffix was dropped in 1993. The following year, Paramount sold WLFL to the Sinclair Broadcast Group, though it remained a Fox affiliate.

1993–1995

SVG NEEDED

1995–1998

The "22" logo was also used by WVNY from 2001-2007.

1998–2006

On August 1, 1998, the station became the area's affiliate for The WB as part of a group deal between the network and Sinclair. Previous WB affiliate WRAZ (UHF channel 50) switched to Fox.

2006-2024

In 2006, UPN and The WB merged to form The CW, which channel 22 became an affiliate of.

2024–present

V • T • E

Sinclair, Inc.

Television stations

Regional cable news:
WJLA 24/7 News

National cable networks:
Marquee Sports Network¹² | Tennis Channel | YES¹¹

Defunct cable network: Stadium College Sports

Magazines: Tennis

Digital subchannel networks:
Charge! | Comet | Roar | The Nest

Former / Defunct Streaming services:
Honor Club | NewsON | Stirr

¹Owned by Tennessee Broadcasting and operated by Sinclair under an outsourcing agreement.
²Nominally owned by Cunningham Broadcasting and operated by Sinclair under an LMA. However, trusts belonging to members of Sinclair's founding Smith family control almost all of Cunningham's stock.
³Operated by Nexstar Media Group under an LMA.
⁴Owned by Second Generation of Iowa, Ltd., operated by Sinclair under an LMA.
⁵Owned by Howard Stirk Holdings, operated by Sinclair under an LMA.
⁶Owned by Mercury Broadcasting Company and operated by Sinclair.
⁷Owned by Deerfield Media and operated by Sinclair under an LMA.
⁸Owned by New Age Media and operated by Sinclair under an MSA.
⁹Owned by MPS Media, but operated by New Age Media under an LMA.
¹⁰Owned by Main Street Sports Group.
¹¹Co-owned with Yankee Global Enterprises, The Blackstone Group, Amazon, RedBird Capital and Mubadala Investment Company.
¹²Co-owned with Chicago Cubs.
¹³Owned by Palm Television, L.P. and operated by Cunningham Broadcasting under an LMA.
¹⁴Operated by Marquee Broadcasting under an SSA.
¹⁵Owned by Rincon Broadcasting Group, but operated by Sinclair under an SSA.
¹⁶Owned by Rincon Broadcasting Group, but operated by Sinclair under an LMA.
¹⁷Owned and operated directly by Cunningham.
¹⁸Owned by Sinclair, but operated by Rincon Broadcasting Group under an SSA.

V • T • E

CW owned and affiliated television stations

Notes
^{Stations are arranged alphabetically by state and territory, and based on the station's city of license or Designated Market Area.}
⁺Station carries CW programming on a digital subchannel, via The CW Plus.
⁺¹Local CW Plus affiliate operates as cable-only channel.
¹Local CW affiliate carries only sports programming.